Rome wasn't built in a day

English

Proverb

Rome wasn't built in a day

(idiomatic) It takes a long time to create something complicated or impressive.
I know this project is a big undertaking, but you need to have patience and be hopeful. Remember that Rome wasn't built in a day.

Translations

it takes a long time to create something complicated or impressive

Amharic: ሮም፡በአንድ፡ቀን፡አልተገነባችም (rom bäʾand ḳän ʾaltägänäbbaččəmm)
Arabic: لَم تُبْنَ رُومَا فِي يَوْم‎ (lam tubna rūmā fī yawm)
Bulgarian: хубавите неща стават бавно (hubavite nešta stavat bavno)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 冰凍三尺，非一日之寒／冰冻三尺，非一日之寒 (bīngdòng sān chǐ, fēi yīrì zhī hán), 羅馬不是一日建成的／罗马不是一日建成的 (Luómǎ bù shì yī rì jiàn chéng de)
Danish: Rom blev ikke bygget på en dag
Dutch: Rome is niet op één dag gebouwd, Keulen en Aken zijn niet op één dag gebouwd
Esperanto: ne en unu tago elkreskis Kartago (literally “Carthage wasn't built in a day”)
Estonian: Roomat ei ehitatud ühe päevaga
Finnish: ei Roomaakaan päivässä rakennettu, Roomaa ei rakennettu yhdessä päivässä
French: Paris ne s’est pas fait en un jour (fr), Rome ne s’est pas faite en un jour (fr)
Galician: Roma non se fixo nun día
German: Rom ist nicht an einem Tag erbaut worden
Greek: η Ρώμη δεν χτίστηκε σε μια μέρα (i Rómi den chtístike se mia méra)
Gujarati: ઉતાવળે આંબા ન પાકે (utāvaḷe ā̃bā na pāke, literally “mangos will not ripen with haste”)
Hebrew: רומא לא נבנתה ביום אחד‎
Hungarian: Róma sem egy nap alatt épült (fel), nem egy nap alatt épült fel Róma
Icelandic: Róm var ekki byggð á einum degi
Ido: Roma ne konstruktesis dum un dio
Indonesian: Roma tidak dibangun dalam sehari
Irish: i ndiaidh a chéile a thógtar na caisleáin
Italian: Roma non fu fatta in un giorno
Japanese: ローマは一日にして成らず (ja) (Rōma wa ichinichi ni shite narazu)
Korean: 로마는 하루 아침에 이루어지지 않았다 (Roma-neun haru achim-e irueo-jiji anatda)
Latin: Rōma nōn ūnō diē aedificāta est
Lithuanian: Roma nebuvo pastatyta per dieną
Maori: e kore e taea e te rā o te waru
Norwegian:
Bokmål: Rom ble ikke bygget på en dag

Nynorsk: Roma vart ikkje bygd på éin dag
Polish: nie od razu Rzym zbudowano (pl), nie od razu Kraków zbudowano (pl)
Portuguese: Roma e Pavia não se fizeram num dia
Russian: Москва́ не сра́зу стро́илась (Moskvá ne srázu stróilasʹ, literally “Moscow wasn't built at once”)
Scottish Gaelic: chan ann leis a’ chiad bhuille a thuiteas a’ chraobh
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: Рим није саграђен у једном дану

Roman: Rim nije sagrađen u jednom danu
Spanish: Roma no se hizo en un día (es), no se ganó Zamora en una hora (es)
Swedish: Rom byggdes inte på en dag (sv)
Thai: กรุงโรมไม่ได้สร้างเสร็จในวันเดียว (th) (grung-room-mâi-dâi-sâang-sèt-nai-wan-diao)
Turkish: sabreden derviş muradına ermiş
Ukrainian: Рим не одразу будувався (Rym ne odrazu buduvavsja), Рим не одразу збудований (Rym ne odrazu zbudovanyj), Київ не відразу збудований (Kyjiv ne vidrazu zbudovanyj)
Welsh: nid mewn undydd y codwyd Rhufain

References

Gregory Y. Titelman, Random House Dictionary of Popular Proverbs and Sayings, 1996, →ISBN, p. 292.

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Rome wasn't built in a day

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